Phosphorus pentasulfide mediated conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols

Phosphorus pentasulfide mediated conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols

In this paper we report an efficient and mild procedure for the conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols in the presence of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) in refluxing toluene. The method avoids the use of expensive and hazardous transition metals and harsh reducing agents, as required by report...

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Main Authors: Chandra Kant Maurya, Avik Mazumder, Pradeep Kumar Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Beilstein-Institut 2017-06-01
Series:Beilstein Journal of Organic Chemistry
Subjects:
dithiocarbamate
phosphorus pentasulfide
thiocyanate
thiol
toluene
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.13.117
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Summary:In this paper we report an efficient and mild procedure for the conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols in the presence of phosphorus pentasulfide (P2S5) in refluxing toluene. The method avoids the use of expensive and hazardous transition metals and harsh reducing agents, as required by reported methods, and provides an attractive alternative to the existing methods for the conversion of organic thiocyanates to thiols.
ISSN:1860-5397

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